Saturday Night Club ONT - October 24, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Be careful though. The Moose out front may be jacked up on pumpkin spice.

[Top photo: Evidence of organic brass farming at the Place for the Thing]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Three couples marry and stay at the same hotel for their honeymoons, where they are taken care of by Dave the bellboy.

The first man married a nurse. Dave thinks to himself, "Nurses are known to be hot to trot."

The second man married a telephone operator. Dave thinks to himself, "Telephone operators have sexy voices."

The third man married a school teacher. Dave thinks to himself, "Poor guy, teachers are frigid."

The next morning, Dave reports to work and gets a room service call from the nurse's husband. He sourly says, "Don't ever marry a nurse. All I heard last night was 'You're not sanitary! You're not sanitary!'"

Then, the telephone operator's husband calls and sourly says, "Don't ever marry a telephone operator. All I heard last night was 'Your three minutes are up, Your three minutes are up.'"

Later that afternoon, the teacher's husband calls and happily says, "When you marry, be sure to marry a school teacher. All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"

Hat tip to Jim (in Kalifornia)

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Drink of the Night

Kamikaze

Ingredients
2 ounces vodka
3/4 ounce orange liqueur
3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed

Directions
Add the vodka, orange liqueur and lime juice to a shaker with ice, and shake thoroughly until well-chilled.
Strain into two shot glasses.

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Club ONT Department of Fine Art

Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia

Amateur sculptors descended on a Philadelphia market to create works of art from scrapple - a breakfast mush of pork scraps and organ meat - in an annual contest.
The Reading Terminal Market hosted its third annual Scrapple Sculpting Contest on Thursday, with sculptors competing to see who could form the most appealing masterpiece out of 6 pounds of meat mush in the 90-minute time limit.
The market itself was this year's theme, and the judge's vote went to Toni Lee, who created a scrapple sculpture of market mascot Philbert the pig.

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Club ONT Department of Science News

Scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize for controlling brain cells with light

A discovery in tiny algae led to a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough that allows scientists to switch brain cells on and off using light. The revolutionary technique has already helped researchers activate memories and is opening new possibilities for restoring vision and treating brain disorders.

Comments

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1 Is this thing on? *tap tap*

Posted by: Piper at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (4R/FS)

3 Club ONT is brought to you by dating sites

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Posted by: 80s TV voiceover guy at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

4 Ah, here we are.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 24, 2026 10:09 PM (sl73Y)

5 Thank you for the ONT.

I'm never going to make that list.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)

6 Yay, ONT!

Also, looks like tonight's musical selections are shot.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:11 PM (+9wcF)

7 Club ONT Department of Truth

Did someone hear a mic drop? Because that sounded like a mic drop.

Posted by: mikeski at October 24, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

8 Hello and good evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 24, 2026 10:12 PM (6vuXd)

9 Yup, burned the dust off the coils earlier this week.

Posted by: Euphemisms For All Occasions at October 24, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)

10 Great, focus on the Vols and they lose. Please, kindly ignore us on future posts. Thank you for your patronage...

Posted by: The Grateful at October 24, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)

11 I don't have a sister, but I have about 12 hot cousins.

Posted by: All In The Fambly at October 24, 2026 10:15 PM (EdP2u)

12 Good evening morons amd Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

13 Good evening, horde!

I've eaten, so it's time for ONT, Bible reading and prayers, shower, and bed. In some order. Some might get interleaved.

Supposed to have an interview early next week but... depends on them coordinating on their end. Wish I knew when so I could schedule the other days for subbing.

Looking forward to church tomorrow, for sure. That's one thing I've gotten from this - a church that feels alive, and cares. It's why it would be nice to come out of this with a job that's local or remote.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

14 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 24, 2026 10:16 PM (BW+Gb)

16 That top pic should have been with the hobby thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 A double D ONT!

Those are fine!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (NnhvP)

18 Love that top pic! Reminds me of the old job...

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (rdVOm)

19 Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia
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*shudders*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

20 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

21 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 24, 2026 10:19 PM (w3u3d)

22 Clemson just got fucked out of a chance to win

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

23 Thanks for another entertaining ONT, Disco and Dino!

Cute Saturday Night joke!

The kamikaze drink looks potent and dangerous...

Nice to see scrapple put to a good use!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 24, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

24 I love me some good scrapple but wow, the sculpture is hideous.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:20 PM (4R/FS)

25 A double D ONT!

Those are fine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 24, 2026 10:17 PM (NnhvP)

Pix or... Wait. Wrong double Ds.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 20 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl

I'd use both for catfish bait, but that's all it's fit for.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (EdP2u)

27 I'm not sure if you people have seen this, but I found it humorous.
https://tinyurl.com/3mwmks3v

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)

28 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (Y/06r)

29 All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"
.......

What a nag.

Posted by: wth at October 24, 2026 10:21 PM (oq9dX)

30 Alabama Slammers > Kamikazes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

31 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Probably skipped for space. Just like UFO's "Shoot, shoot".

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (+9wcF)

32 York, PA is the scrapple capital of the universe.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (6vuXd)

33 Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

34 Club ONT rocks! The staff here is always so gracious and helpful...not so much with bail, but hey.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:23 PM (BJzO2)

35 I don't have a sister, but I have about 12 hot cousins.
Posted by: All In The Fambly

After the lovely Mrs. and I got married we started to compare our family lines. Not too far back there are more than a few too many shared kin.

Rut row. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:24 PM (4R/FS)

36 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl

I'd use both for catfish bait, but that's all it's fit for.
Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet

I thought scapple was a board game.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (BJzO2)

37 You laugh but . . .

ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

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I guess they've got one of those Star Trek Tricorders to separate out the natural deaths from the human-caused climate change deaths. It's probably something in the pancreas or something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

38 Evening, Disco Doof, and TRex, and ONT Horde!

Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:25 PM (n7Dzq)

39 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You didn't let out the blue smoke, did you?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:26 PM (4R/FS)

40 I'd make fun of the scrapple, but I like braunschweiger, also known as liverwurst, so, I can't say much.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 10:18 PM (0Htd1)
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At least liverwurst doesn't hide what it is behind euphemisms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

41 I guess they've got one of those Star Trek Tricorders to separate out the natural deaths from the human-caused climate change deaths. It's probably something in the pancreas or something.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

42
"There are destructive forces in our society, that are nothing but destructive, since they are not trying to alter things, but to annihilate them, basing themselves on an inner anarchy that denies all the moral distinctions on which mere rebels base themselves. The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. The enemy arises not from among the people, but from the educated and well-off, those who unite intellectualism and ignorance, and who are helped on their way by a weak worship of force." - Chesterton

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (eRlcH)

43
Good evening! We morons may be kicking back and sliding into the second half of the weekend, but court is in order tomorrow as the Ninth Circuit hears DOJ’s emergency request to sequester California ballots flagged as probable noncitizens. Livestreaming from San Francisco.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (mmrXZ)

44
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

____________

Together, brothers Henry and Tommie Aaron hit 768 home runs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:29 PM (eRlcH)

45 I remember the first/last time I had scrapple very well.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

46 37 You laugh but . . .

ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on ~~human-caused climate change~~ being too snooty and pretentious to install air conditioning like those savage Americans, a new study found.
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Fixed.

Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)

47 Doof introduced me to scrapple at last year's TxMoMe. It wasn't bad.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

48 ABC News
@ABC
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on ~~human~~over-regulation-caused ~~climate change~~lack of air conditioning, a new study found.

fix'd

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

49 No AC/DC "Shot Down In Flames"

Probably skipped for space. Just like UFO's "Shoot, shoot".
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 24, 2026 10:22 PM (+9wcF)

Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (n7Dzq)

50 Well, that looks like Nurse’s brass pile. Where is every else’s?

Posted by: RI Red at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (qEeiR)

51 I had AI explain scrapple to me....

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Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

Those A&E shows exploring Scientology were funny along these lines.

Scientology was building a LOT of churches. The people were truthfully told that scientology was the FASTEST growing religion as measured as a percentage of square foot expansion or something to that effect.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)

52 Posted by: ballistic at October 24, 2026 10:30 PM

I like your "fix" better. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

53 Blistering record heat in Europe this summer killed more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change being too snooty and pretentious to install air conditioning like those savage Americans, a new study found.
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Fixed.
Posted by: ballistic

But, but, EVERYTHING in europe is FREE!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (BJzO2)

54 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
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iirc, Hondas use a common plug. If you have something that runs that plug, switch it out and see. Looks like new does not always mean good, especially if the equipment has been unused for a long time. btdt.

Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (LOuD5)

55 here's someone pushing back on Amy Acton's allegations against her stepfather and her mother
x.com vimal4USA/status/2113351551003562340

Posted by: 88C+u at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)

56 Doof introduced me to scrapple at last year's TxMoMe. It wasn't bad.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

Sounds like uncased sausage meat to me. Would eat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (n7Dzq)

57 Well, that looks like Nurse’s brass pile. Where is every else’s?
Posted by: RI Red
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She wasn't even there this year...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (VCgbV)

58 MMMM braunschweiger. Mom used to fry it lightly in her little spider and make the best sandwiches with it. These days, I use the micro-blaster

Posted by: YellowBird at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (MEbkQ)

59 Clapton's version is great but I will always go with Bob Marley.

Cause Bob Marley.

https://tinyurl.com/3uuszy63

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

60 Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 24, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)
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I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 24, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

61 Sounds like uncased sausage meat to me. Would eat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No, no, no my good Man. Scrapple has a ton of cornmeal mixed into the pork bits.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (4R/FS)

62 Got a bunch of work done on the little Honda generator, but still no spark. Spark plug appears to be brand new. Maybe that hints at a problem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You didn't let out the blue smoke, did you?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:26 PM (4R/FS)

Might be a bit early to suggest this, but try putting gas in the tank..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (08OqX)

63
Scrapple, Braunschweiger, goetta, and livermush don't get enough love.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:37 PM (eRlcH)

64 iirc, Hondas use a common plug. If you have something that runs that plug, switch it out and see. Looks like new does not always mean good, especially if the equipment has been unused for a long time. btdt.
Posted by: clarence at October 24, 2026 10:33 PM (LOuD5)

I tried a couple of different automobile plugs, no joy. Disconnected the on/off switch, no joy. Internet tells me there is a low oil switch. Engine is full of oil, over-full in fact. Will check that tomorrow. I probably do have another of those little Honda plugs somewhere, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:37 PM (n7Dzq)

65 Lin-duh, sorry to have missed you and Spawn.

Posted by: RI Red at October 24, 2026 10:38 PM (z1SIt)

66 (anecdote about liverwurst)

Posted by: Savage Henry has cashed his check at October 24, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

67 No, no, no my good Man. Scrapple has a ton of cornmeal mixed into the pork bits.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:36 PM (4R/FS)

Bratwurst has bread mixed into it. Not all sausage is 100% meat. I have never had scrapple, but I have had head cheese. Would definitely try scrapple, if the opportunity arose. I've had Rocky Mountain oysters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:40 PM (n7Dzq)

68 I love watching old 'Price is Right' - well having it on while working. It's not distracting and I don't need to pay attention.

And I find that A BRAND NEW STATION WAGON was once...
$8014.

American dollars.

Crap, she didn't win. Maybe the showcase round...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 24, 2026 10:41 PM (Sco7b)

69 Club ONT Jukebox

Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

or (not a cover).....

Delain - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
https://youtu.be/JALGLd92QmU

and.....

The Pineapple Thief - Take Your Shot
https://youtu.be/Dp9ydNFNWqg

Nana Mizuki - Take a Shot
https://youtu.be/uD0VGGtwLVM

Posted by: Jukebox B-Sides at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

70 I've had Rocky Mountain oysters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 24, 2026 10:40 PM (n7Dzq)

Golly no! That's how they turned Lindsay Graham!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

71
Lin-duh, you can tell the Spawn from me that she's a charming young lady. Like her mother.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (eRlcH)

72 I was in New Holland, PA for a family reunion years ago and ordered scrapple at one of the restaurants. The waitress looked at me a long time and finally asked - "Do you know what that is?"

"Gott im Himmel!! Ya, zum Deifel, du dummi Maedel!”

Posted by: Tonypete at October 24, 2026 10:42 PM (4R/FS)

73 I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Oops: Troy Jackson’s Campaign Features ‘Kate From Norwich’ — A Town That Doesn’t Exist in Maine

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He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7)

74 Back from the concert with Amanda Shaw, the local fiddler/singer, and Gretchen Wilson of "Redneck Woman" fame.

One thing you have to say about a lot of Cajun music, it's fast-paced. Amanda was fun and high-energy, capering about the stage in her little red high-heel boots and short skirt, fiddling away for all she was worth. She told a story about meeting Dolly Parton a couple of years ago, and said Dolly gave her a song. Which Amanda then sang in true Dolly fashion.

Gretchen looked like she was having fun as well. I didn't know any of her songs, including one she said she had done with Merle Haggard, other than her finish, "Redneck Woman." But she and her band hit some rock numbers, and I know there was a snippet of Heart's "Crazy on You" in there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 24, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

75 >>I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.

You better hope not. Or you might have ever existed.

https://tinyurl.com/4sseju28

Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

76 Given enough statistics and selectively applying them, I can prove Rhode Island is bigger than Texas.
Posted by: Some Rat

I can prove Rhode Island doesn't exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And publius will be along shortly to explain in which dimension and coordinate system both of those things can be true.

Posted by: mikeski at October 24, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

77 Empty brass! Yay! Whattaya mean it’s not a gun thread?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 24, 2026 10:47 PM (xOE/M)

78 Schrödinger’s Rhode Island

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 24, 2026 10:48 PM (ndZc7)

79 In re to the Kamikaze recipe, you'll find orange liqueur in that bottle of triple sec you've had in the back of your cabinet all these years. Ditto the blue curacao. Same thing, but blue..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 24, 2026 10:48 PM (08OqX)

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